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HELLO, MOLLY!

Sean Wilsey Molly Shannon

A Memoir

A candid, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly Shannon.

At age four, Molly Shannon's world was shattered when she lost her mother, baby sister, and cousin in a car accident with her father at the wheel. Held together by her tender and complicated relationship with her grieving father, Molly was raised in a permissive household where her gift for improvising and role-playing blossomed alongside the fearlessness that would lead her to become a celebrated actress. From there, Molly ventured into the wider world of New York and Los Angeles show business, where she created her own opportunities and developed her daring and empathetic comedy. Filled with behind-the-scenes stories involving everyone from Whitney Houston to Adam Sandler to Monica Lewinsky, many told for the first time here, Hello, Molly! spans Molly's time on Saturday Night Live - where she starred alongside Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Cheri Oteri, Tracy Morgan, and Jimmy Fallon, among many others. At the same time, it explores with humor and candor her struggle to come to terms with the legacy of her father, a man who both fostered her gifts and drive and was left with the impossible task of raising his kids alone after the loss of her mother. Witty, winning, and told with tremendous energy and heart, HELLO, MOLLY! (written with Sean Wilsey), sheds new and revelatory light on the life and work of one of our most talented and free-spirited performers. Molly Shannon is an actress and comedian. She spent six seasons on Saturday Night Live, primarily known for the eclectic characters she created, such as Mary Katherine Gallagher and Sally O'Malley. In 2000, she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program. In 2013, Molly received her second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her work in Enlightened and again in 2018 for her portrayal of Val in NBC's award-winning comedy Will & Grace. In 2017, she was awarded the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the highly acclaimed drama Other People. She was most recently seen in the Academy Awardnominated crime drama Promising Young Woman. Sean Wisley, the author of a memoir, Oh the Glory of It All, and an essay collection, More Curious, is at work on a translation of Luigi Pirandello's Uno, Nessuno e Centomila for Archipelago Books and a documentary film about 9/11, IX XI, featuring Roz Chast, Griffin Dunne, and many others (www.ixxi.nyc).

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Book Published 2022-04-12 by Ecco/ HarperCollins

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When I first met Molly freshman year at NYU, I thought 'How the hell did this girl get to be so funny, strong, smart, and original? And why does the whole school worship her after one freaking semester?!' Hello, Molly! helped me get a lot of answers to that. The book is a deep and brutally honest depiction of the strong and talented woman I know, who has been able to pull the positive out of every situation and turn massive hurt into humor. Every page flows with Molly's positive yet pragmatic philosophy of life, love, family, work, and art. Filled with touching and surprising anecdotes that teeter from the nostalgic to the truly ridiculous. I was laughing and tearing up like you're supposed to do when you read a great book. Great comic, great actress, and great author. Truly. Love you, Molly, and am so happy to know you.

Equal parts funny and touching, a cut above most celebrity memoirs. Read more...

This memoir is life-changing. I laughed. I cried. Just like being with Molly herself.

Supremely inspiring, this will leave fans astonished. Read more...

Exuberant, brave, wholehearted, and hilarious, this book is exactly what you hope it will be.

Told in Shannon's bright, irreverent voice, this memoir is equal parts touching and hilarious, a real insight into the mind of a comedic genius.

I grew up fully recognizing the enormity of Molly Shannon's onscreen abilities - her absurdity, her chaos, but also her grace and humanity. All of these characteristics are effortlessly portrayed in one of the most achingly beautiful memoirs I have ever read. Hello, Molly! is proof that through our stories, our past, our losses, and our brokenness shines light. From the highly relatable struggles of trying to break through as a comedic actress, to SNL, to negotiating self-identity after fame, Hello, Molly! at its finest is a vulnerable, brutally honest, and unrestrained glimpse at the human condition: how the flaws of our loved ones and the darkness of our past will continue to define us.

Heart-breaking and hilarious, Hello, Molly! is the most inspiring memoir I've ever read. Forget what you think you know about Molly Shannon. There is a reason she is one of the greatest comic actors working today. Her story is unbelievable and told with such a charming bluntness it made me choke on my coffee more than once. In fact, reading this book feels like you're having coffee with Molly while she regales you with her entire life story. It is a glimpse into the mind of a true survivor, a lesson on how one turns trauma into art, and it might just have the secret to life and happiness. It's more like, thank you, Molly!

HELLO, MOLLY! is one of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2022: "...Hello Molly! offers insights into the behind-the-scenes world of a fantastic performer." Read more...

HELLO, MOLLY! is one of Marie Claire's Best Memoirs of 2022: "In Hello, Molly! Molly Shannon opens up about how she became the celebrated, hilarious actress she is after an early life filled with tragedy and grief." Read more...